December 27, 2007
Articles
Are You Teaching Welding Courses?
Bruce Vernyi, Editor-in-Chief E-mail: bvernyi@penton.com If you are teaching basic welding courses at your distribution business, the AWS Image of Welding...
Fleet Operations
By Clare Goldsberry, associate editor Fleet operations management is a big part of a distributors overall success in developing a profitable business....
Airgas Acquires Three distribution Businesses
Airgas, Inc., (www.airgas.com) acquired Wright Welding Supply, Inc., an industrial gas and welding supply distributor in Des Moines, Iowa, and two distributors...
Matheson Tri-Gas Announces New Organizational Structure, Effective January 1
Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. (www.mathesontrigas.com) has developed a new organizational structure that the company said is designed to build on its high-growth,...
Praxair Announces Price Increases for January
Praxair, Inc. (www.praxair.com) and Praxair Canada Inc. notified their industrial gas customers in the United States and Canada in early December that...
Study on Disaster Preparedness Presents Concerns and Misconceptions
The medical business of Airgas Inc., Airgas Puritan Medical, reported in early December the results of a survey that show that while most hospital respiratory...
Wind Point Partners Acquires GasServ Businesses From Harsco
Wind Point Partners, a private equity investment firm, said Dec. 10 it acquired the Harsco GasServ group of gas technology businesses from Harsco Corporation....
Matheson Tri-Gas Inc. Appoints New Director of Marketing, New Chief Technologist
Matheson Tri-Gas (www.mathesontrigas.com) has named Bruce M. Adams director of marketing for its Electronic Specialty Gas group. Adams will work to enhance...
Federal Jury Awards $20.5 Million in Welding Fumes Lawsuit
A jury in the U.S. District Court in Cleveland, Ohio, awarded Jeffery Tamraz, 51, a judgment of $17.5 million, and his wife an additional $3 million in...
Scott Specialty Gases Facility Earns Accreditation
Scott Specialty Gases (www.scottgas.com) eastern regional manufacturing and laboratory facility in Plumsteadville, Pennsylvania, recently was awarded...
Acme Cryogenics Inc.
Acme Cryogenics Inc. (www.acmecryo.com) has added the FillMaxx flash loss reduction system to its product line. The system controls the cryogenic liquid...
Air Liquide USA LLC
Air Liquide USA LLC (www.airliquide.com) has acquired Team One Technologies Inc., an independent producer and distributor of medical and specialty gases...
Humphrey Products Co.
Humphrey Products Co. (www.humphrey-products.com) has introduced the KFPV050 Series proportional control valves for use with the KFPC1 controller that...
MegaStar Systems
MegaStar Systems (www.MegaStarSystems.com) has introduced the MegaSYS Dry automated storage and retrieval system designed to provide welding supply manufacturers...
American Sensor Technologies Inc.
American Sensor Technologies Inc. (www.astsensors.com) has added to products to its line of pressure transmitters. American Sensors has put its AST44LP...
Victor Medical
Victor Medical(www.Thermadyne.com) launched its new O2n Damand IV single lumen oxygen conserver that delivers a measured pulse of oxygen at the beginning...
Witt-Gasetechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Witt-Gasetechnik GmbH & Co. KG (www.wittgas.com) has developed a new flame arrestor for use with a maximum pressure of 17 bar, satisfying the regulations...
Companies Push Market Development With New Equipment at FabTech/AWS Show
By Clare Goldsberry, associate editor Hobart Brothers Tri-Mark Metalloy Vantage and Metalloy Vantage Ni1 gas-shielded metal-cored wire Developing new...
10 Things to Know About Gases
Airgas Inc. (www.airgas.com) has placed a 24-page report on its Internet site, 10 Things to Know about Gas, that offers key tips on protocol gases in...
Air Products and Praxair Presentations Available On-Line
Air Products (www.airproducts.com) has two presentations available on its business and products. The publicly-held supplier of gases, materials and equipment...
Helium Shortage Report
The Wall Street Journal on Dec. 4 had an extensive report on the shortage of helium and how that shortage affects a variety of industries and businesses...
